Downing Developments has unveiled proposals for a 32-storey student accommodation tower in Vauxhall, south London.
The scheme will be Liverpool-based Downing’s first in London.
The Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios-designed project will include 580 student bedrooms, plus a 10,000 sq ft leisure centre and swimming pool at lower ground floor level.
It will be developed on a 0.4-acre former car park site on South Lambeth Road, SW8, which has been identified in the London Plan and Vauxhall Nine Elms Business Opportunity Area as being suitable for tall buildings. Downing bought the site earlier this year from a private landlord.
The developer will submit a planning application this autumn, following a public consultation.
Paul Houghton, development director at Downing, said: “Over the past two decades, Downing has established a track record of very successful student developments in major UK student centres. We have been looking for the right site to bring the Downing brand to London for some time. Demand for high quality, purpose-built student accommodation far outstrips supply in the capital and we are very pleased to be bringing forward these proposals.”
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